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en-usLatest news from University of New South WalesCutting through COVID-19 myths with science communicationAssociate Professor Darren Saunders is known for keeping misinformation in check and helping the public to better understand science.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-covid-myths-science.html
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Jun 2020 07:59:05 EDTnews510389936Women with caring responsibilities at greater risk of povertyA new report by UNSW Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) and Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) highlights the relationship between caring roles and poverty in Australia. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, households with a female main income earner and children were more than twice as likely to live in poverty as those with a male main income earner.https://phys.org/news/2020-05-women-responsibilities-greater-poverty.html
Social Sciences Economics & Business Thu, 28 May 2020 08:50:01 EDTnews509872372Felixer, the grooming trap, works to control feral catsThe Felixer, an autonomous device that can target and cull feral cats in the wild, could be key in rebuilding Australia's decimated native animal populations.https://phys.org/news/2020-05-felixer-grooming-feral-cats.html
Ecology Wed, 27 May 2020 11:22:25 EDTnews509797339An under-researched mechanism in the fast-moving field of epigeneticsA key epigenetic mark can block the binding of an important gene regulatory protein, and therefore prohibit the gene from being turned off, a new UNSW study in CRISPR-modified mice—published this month in Nature Communications—has shown.https://phys.org/news/2020-05-under-researched-mechanism-fast-moving-field-epigenetics.html
Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 25 May 2020 09:50:02 EDTnews509616842Pandemic risks wiping out hard-won gains by women in STEMUNSW Dean of Science leads report that finds women's advancement in the STEM workforce are at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic.https://phys.org/news/2020-05-pandemic-hard-won-gains-women-stem.html
Social Sciences Education Fri, 22 May 2020 10:26:31 EDTnews509361988The mystique of mathematics: 5 beautiful math phenomenaMathematics is visible everywhere in nature, even where we are not expecting it. It can help explain the way galaxies spiral, a seashell curves, patterns replicate, and rivers bend.https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mystique-mathematics-beautiful-math-phenomena.html
Mathematics Education Wed, 20 May 2020 08:00:02 EDTnews509180198Building on strengths to support Aboriginal young people's sexual healthThe Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project "What We Do Well' has reached a milestone of halfway point and completion of the first major round of data collection, conducted by Aboriginal young people trained as part of the project to interview their peers.https://phys.org/news/2020-05-strengths-aboriginal-young-people-sexual.html
Social Sciences Thu, 14 May 2020 08:15:44 EDTnews508662942If your memory feels like it's not what it once was, it could point to a future dementia riskResearch led by Dr. Katya Numbers from UNSW's Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has shown that certain presentations of memory concerns by older adults are predictive of future dementia.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-memory-future-dementia.html
Neuroscience Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 13 May 2020 09:29:15 EDTnews508580951Color of cells a 'thermometer' for molecular imbalance, study findsNon-invasive color analysis of cells could one day be used in diagnostics, a proof-of-concept study has shown.https://phys.org/news/2020-05-cells-thermometer-molecular-imbalance.html
Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 13 May 2020 08:05:57 EDTnews508575953Strained health systems struggle to keep up with hackersNew research published by Intelligence and National Security has found that training programs and tighter regulations would strengthen the cybersecurity of Australian health systems.https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-strained-health-struggle-hackers.html
Security Wed, 06 May 2020 09:53:00 EDTnews507977575Australian disability workers fear a lack of support for the sector during COVID-19Disability workers fear a lack of support for the sector means they could be hit hard by a COVID-19 outbreak.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-australian-disability-workers-lack-sector.html
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Health Wed, 06 May 2020 09:18:09 EDTnews507975486How strong is your mental imagery? It might depend on how 'excitable' your neurons areThe strength of a person's mental imagery—their ability to picture something in their mind's eye—is linked to the excitability of different brain regions, a study led by researchers at UNSW Sydney has found.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-strong-mental-imagery-neurons.html
Neuroscience Wed, 06 May 2020 09:13:01 EDTnews507975176People aged 95 and over show stronger brain connectivityWorld-first research led by neuroimaging expert Dr. Jiyang Jiang at UNSW's Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has found that those aged 95 and over demonstrated more activation between the left and ride side of their brain than their younger counterparts.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-people-aged-stronger-brain.html
Neuroscience Gerontology & Geriatrics Tue, 05 May 2020 09:59:38 EDTnews507891574Astrobiologists put Mars Rover life-detecting equipment to the testScientists have used the same methods that will soon be used to search for evidence of life on Mars to look for evidence of the earliest forms of life on Earth at a location in South Australia.https://phys.org/news/2020-05-astrobiologists-mars-rover-life-detecting-equipment.html
Space Exploration Astrobiology Mon, 04 May 2020 09:03:07 EDTnews507801780COVID-19 food hygiene: A food microbiologist's top 3 tipsWhile a trip to the supermarket has become a little different for most of us, what shouldn't change are basic safe food hygiene practices.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-covid-food-hygiene-microbiologist.html
Health Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:32:05 EDTnews507367922Neglecting general practitioner research risks poor health outcomesAustralians may experience poorer health outcomes unless recognition and funding of general practice research is boosted with investment in training and funding, according to the authors of a Perspective published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-neglecting-practitioner-poor-health-outcomes.html
Health Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:00:01 EDTnews507199810New findings suggest laws of nature 'downright weird,' not as constant as previously thoughtNot only does a universal constant seem annoyingly inconstant at the outer fringes of the cosmos, it occurs in only one direction, which is downright weird.https://phys.org/news/2020-04-laws-nature-downright-weird-constant.html
General Physics Quantum Physics Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:36:24 EDTnews507198978Simple steps could help reduce aviation accidentsFlight into inclement weather remains a significant cause of aviation fatalities, particularly for small aircraft, according to a recent study.https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-simple-aviation-accidents.html
Engineering Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:12:08 EDTnews506769127We must act on homelessness before COVID-19 winterThe homeless need to be in housing before winter sets in and the spread of COVID-19 worsens, UNSW history professor Anne O'Brien says.https://phys.org/news/2020-04-homelessness-covid-winter.html
Social Sciences Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:50:01 EDTnews506764200Spatial distancing rules for health workers may be insufficient: studyCurrent advice for COVID-19 health workers is based on the assumption that droplets bearing the virus travel no further than 2 meters and do not remain in the air. The body of published evidence suggests otherwise.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-spatial-distancing-health-workers-insufficient.html
Medical research Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:27:49 EDTnews506676465Self-aligning microscope smashes limits of super-resolution microscopyAn ultra-precise microscope that surpasses the limitations of Nobel Prize-winning super-resolution microscopy will let scientists directly measure distances between individual molecules.https://phys.org/news/2020-04-self-aligning-microscope-limits-super-resolution-microscopy.html
Optics & Photonics Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:27:10 EDTnews506597226Video: Scientists show handwashing effectiveness with augmented realityDr. Nayuta Yoshioka, Dr. Juno Kim and Jason Feng from the Sensory Processes Research Laboratory at UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science have developed an augmented reality software which shows the effectiveness of handwashing techniques.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-video-scientists-handwashing-effectiveness-augmented.html
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 17 Apr 2020 07:33:50 EDTnews506327625How screen-based technologies are impacting school studentsThe first in a series of Growing Up Digital Australia reports by the Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW Sydney paints a worrying picture of changed learning conditions in Australian schools. Well before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Australia, children's significant access to digital technology and its impacts on learning and wellbeing had become a major concern for educators.https://phys.org/news/2020-04-screen-based-technologies-impacting-school-students.html
Education Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:10:05 EDTnews506245969Hot qubits break one of the biggest constraints to practical quantum computersMost quantum computers being developed around the world will only work at fractions of a degree above absolute zero. That requires multi-million-dollar refrigeration and as soon as you plug them into conventional electronic circuits they'll instantly overheat.https://phys.org/news/2020-04-hot-qubits-biggest-constraints-quantum.html
Quantum Physics Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:00:07 EDTnews506150151Why bad smells stick around and how to eliminate themEver wondered why something smells the way it does—good or bad—and why some odors just hang around no matter what you do to get rid of them?https://phys.org/news/2020-04-bad.html
Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 07 Apr 2020 07:34:50 EDTnews505463685To flatten the curve, test those without symptoms tooFailure to test asymptomatic at-risk people and allow wider community testing will result in undetected transmission in the community and a bounce-back of the epidemic as lock-down restrictions are lifted, according to the authors of an article published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-flatten-symptoms.html
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:21:41 EDTnews505128098Parenting in a pandemic: A child psychologist's 5 top tipsI am a researcher and clinical psychologist specializing in childhood disruptive behavior problems and when I first heard that schools in some parts of the country were closing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, my first thought was "oh man, what about the parents?".https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-parenting-pandemic-child-psychologist.html
Psychology & Psychiatry Pediatrics Fri, 03 Apr 2020 08:00:14 EDTnews505119591Newly discovered memory process influences decision-makingLearned connections between stimuli and reward—like the positive emotions associated with popular brands—have a powerful influence over our future decisions. Scientists have started to discover why.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-newly-memory-decision-making.html
Medical research Neuroscience Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:13:03 EDTnews505037580First complete German shepherd DNA offers new tool to fight diseaseScientists have mapped the genome of the German shepherd, one of the world's most popular canine breeds, after using a blood sample from 'Nala,' a healthy five-year-old German shepherd living in Sydney.https://phys.org/news/2020-04-german-shepherd-dna-tool-disease.html
Biotechnology Veterinary medicine Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:11:40 EDTnews504965495Are smokers more likely to catch COVID-19?Professor Christine Jenkins, AM, is Conjoint Professor of Respiratory Medicine at UNSW Sydney, Head of the Respiratory Group at The George institute for Global Health and Chair of the Lung Foundation Australia. She has led many clinical trials in airways disease and held major roles in advocacy and leadership for lung health in Australia.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-smokers-covid-.html
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Health Wed, 01 Apr 2020 08:30:01 EDTnews504945984